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| Main Entry: | customs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duties |
| Synonyms: | tax, imposts, tariffs |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, characteristic, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up*, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, routine, rule, second nature*, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont, beaten path, consuetude, habitude, proprieties |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, design, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature*, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, usage, use, vogue, way, conventionalism, customariness, dictates, established way, folkways, inheritence, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | etiquette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners, politeness |
| Synonyms: | amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior, mores, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage |
| Antonyms: | bad manners |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on goods |
| Synonyms: | customs, duty, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll, import tax |
| Main Entry: | morals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal principles, standards |
| Synonyms: | behavior, conduct, customs, ethics, ideals, integrity, manners, morality, mores, beliefs, dogmas, ethic, habits, policies, scruples |
| Antonyms: | indecency, amorality, disrespectability, immorality, unethicalness |
| Main Entry: | punctilio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | etiquette |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decorum, dignity, form, formalities, formality, mores, nicety, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, protocol, refinement, rules, social graces |
| Main Entry: | do's and don'ts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules or customs |
| Synonyms: | customs, etiquette, method, mode, practice, system, established ways, regulations, rules, traditional action |
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee |
| Synonyms: | assessment, charge, cost, customs, demand, duty, expense, impost, levy, payment, price, rate, tariff, tax, tribute, exaction |
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
| Synonyms: | community, customs, mores, nation, people, civilized life, literate society, modern humanity, polity, way of life |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideas, values of a people |
| Synonyms: | civilization, convention, customs, development, folklore, habit, knowledge, lifestyle, mores, society, arts and sciences, ethnology, folkways, grounding, humanism, the arts, way of life |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | code |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
| Synonyms: | canon, charter, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system, codex |
| Main Entry: | commemoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremony, custom, recognition, remembrance, tribute, memorial service, monumentalization |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence, forgetting, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | constitution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | establishment |
| Synonyms: | charter, code, composition, custom, formation, legislation, organization, lawmaking, written law |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, tradition |
| Synonyms: | canon, code, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage, covenance, percept |
| Antonyms: | strangeness |
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
| Synonyms: | ante, assessment, charge, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, tax, toll, arrearage, charges, rates |
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on foreign goods |
| Synonyms: | assessment, custom, customs, due, excise, impost, levy, rate, revenue, tariff, toll |
| Main Entry: | fad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craze |
| Synonyms: | affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, innovation, kick, kink, mania, mode, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle, fool notion, in, in thing, latest word, new look, newest wrinkle, passing fancy |
| Antonyms: | standard, tradition |
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latest style, prevailing taste |
| Synonyms: | appearance, chic, configuration, convention, craze, cry, custom, cut, dernier cri, fad, figure, form, furor, last word*, latest, latest thing*, line*, look, make, mode, model, mold, pattern, rage, shape, thing*, tone, trend, usage, vogue, bandwagon, cultism, cultus, faddism, in thing, newest wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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